stuffily
/ˈstʌfəli/
adverb
- In a way that is uncomfortably warm and lacking fresh air.
- The old library smelled stuffily of dust and old paper.
- We sat stuffily in the crowded bus during the summer heat.
- The room was stuffily hot, so I opened all the windows.
- In a formal, old-fashioned, or overly serious manner.
- He spoke stuffily about the importance of tradition.
- She dressed stuffily in a high-collared blouse and long skirt.
- The professor stuffily refused to accept any modern ideas.